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  • 1 potencialmente

    • potentially

    Diccionario Técnico Español-Inglés > potencialmente

  • 2 que puede diluirse

    • potentially dilutive

    Diccionario Técnico Español-Inglés > que puede diluirse

  • 3 potencialmente

    adv.
    1 potentially: equivalently.
    2 potentially.
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    Ex. Thus, potentially the scope of a catalogue code is wide, but in practice most codes are restricted to 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 and 8 above.
    * * *

    Ex: Thus, potentially the scope of a catalogue code is wide, but in practice most codes are restricted to 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 and 8 above.

    * * *
    potentially
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    potentially

    Spanish-English dictionary > potencialmente

  • 4 en potencia

    potential, budding
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    = anticipated, intending, potentially
    Ex. The order of subjects must be systematic and generally acceptable to the anticipated users of the index or collection.
    Ex. The intending borrower merely specifies a search key for the item he wishes to borrow, and the system provides a bibliographic description.
    Ex. Thus, potentially the scope of a catalogue code is wide, but in practice most codes are restricted to 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 and 8 above.
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    = anticipated, intending, potentially

    Ex: The order of subjects must be systematic and generally acceptable to the anticipated users of the index or collection.

    Ex: The intending borrower merely specifies a search key for the item he wishes to borrow, and the system provides a bibliographic description.
    Ex: Thus, potentially the scope of a catalogue code is wide, but in practice most codes are restricted to 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 and 8 above.

    Spanish-English dictionary > en potencia

  • 5 potencia

    f.
    1 power.
    tiene mucha potencia it's very powerful
    las grandes potencias the major (world) powers
    2 potency, power, strength.
    3 powerful nation, a state or nation having international authority or influence, a state powerful enough to influence events throughout the world, leading nation.
    pres.indicat.
    3rd person singular (él/ella/ello) present indicative of spanish verb: potenciar.
    imperat.
    2nd person singular (tú) Imperative of Spanish verb: potenciar.
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    1 (capacidad) power
    2 (país) power
    \
    en potencia potential, budding
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    noun f.
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    SF
    1) (=capacidad) power

    potencia electoral — voting power, power in terms of votes

    potencia muscular — muscular power, muscular strength

    2) (Mec) power
    3) (Pol) power
    4) (Mat) power
    5) (Rel) (tb: potencia del alma) faculty
    6)

    en potencia — potential, in the making

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    1)
    a) (fuerza, capacidad) power
    b) (Fís, Mec) power
    2) (nación, organización) power

    una potencia naval/nuclear — a naval/nuclear power

    3) (Mat) power
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    = horsepower, potential, power, powerhouse, power engine.
    Ex. Failure, for example, to observe the distinction between HORSE and HORSES creates the possibility of having to consider CHESTNUT; HORSESHOE; and HORSEPOWER (MECHANICS) while attempting to connect the two sequences.
    Ex. As the pointer moves, its potential is varied in accordance with a varying electrical current received over wires from a distant station.
    Ex. Conversion of binary to decimal is easy when it is remembered that each binary digit represents a power of 2.
    Ex. From a position of relative strength in the 1950s, when Central Europe was the hotbed of European sport, the region has suffered a relative decline compared to the powerhouses of Germany, Italy, Spain and the UK.
    Ex. Knowledge management is also being recognized as a power engine through which educational institutions can address their need for innovation and creativity.
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    * de alta potencia = high power.
    * de gran potencia = high-powered.
    * enchufe de potencia = power socket.
    * en potencia = anticipated, intending, potentially.
    * explosivo de alta potencia = high explosive.
    * gran potencia = great power.
    * potencia 7 Número + elevado a la potencia de + Número = Número + to the power of + Número.
    * potencia colonial = colonial power.
    * potencia comercial = commercial power.
    * potencia de la señal = signal strength.
    * potencia eléctrica = power.
    * potencia industrial = industrial power.
    * potencia mundial = world power.
    * potencia nuclear = nuclear power.
    * trabajar por debajo de su potencia ideal = underload.
    * unidad de potencia = unit of power.
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    1)
    a) (fuerza, capacidad) power
    b) (Fís, Mec) power
    2) (nación, organización) power

    una potencia naval/nuclear — a naval/nuclear power

    3) (Mat) power
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    = horsepower, potential, power, powerhouse, power engine.

    Ex: Failure, for example, to observe the distinction between HORSE and HORSES creates the possibility of having to consider CHESTNUT; HORSESHOE; and HORSEPOWER (MECHANICS) while attempting to connect the two sequences.

    Ex: As the pointer moves, its potential is varied in accordance with a varying electrical current received over wires from a distant station.
    Ex: Conversion of binary to decimal is easy when it is remembered that each binary digit represents a power of 2.
    Ex: From a position of relative strength in the 1950s, when Central Europe was the hotbed of European sport, the region has suffered a relative decline compared to the powerhouses of Germany, Italy, Spain and the UK.
    Ex: Knowledge management is also being recognized as a power engine through which educational institutions can address their need for innovation and creativity.
    * de alta potencia = high power.
    * de gran potencia = high-powered.
    * enchufe de potencia = power socket.
    * en potencia = anticipated, intending, potentially.
    * explosivo de alta potencia = high explosive.
    * gran potencia = great power.
    * potencia 7 Número + elevado a la potencia de + Número = Número + to the power of + Número.
    * potencia colonial = colonial power.
    * potencia comercial = commercial power.
    * potencia de la señal = signal strength.
    * potencia eléctrica = power.
    * potencia industrial = industrial power.
    * potencia mundial = world power.
    * potencia nuclear = nuclear power.
    * trabajar por debajo de su potencia ideal = underload.
    * unidad de potencia = unit of power.

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    A
    1 (fuerza, capacidad) power
    la potencia militar de los dos países the military power o might of the two countries
    se vanagloriaba de su potencia sexual he used to boast about his sexual prowess
    para reducir la potencia de los sindicatos to reduce the power of the unions
    este niño es un artista en potencia this child has the makings of an artist o has the potential to be an artist
    2 ( Fís, Mec) power
    Compuestos:
    brake horsepower
    B (nación, organización) power
    una potencia naval/nuclear a naval/nuclear power
    C ( Mat) power
    cinco elevado a la cuarta potencia five (raised) to the power of four
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    Del verbo potenciar: ( conjugate potenciar)

    potencia es:

    3ª persona singular (él/ella/usted) presente indicativo

    2ª persona singular (tú) imperativo

    Multiple Entries:
    potencia    
    potenciar
    potencia sustantivo femenino
    power;
    ◊ potencia militar/nuclear military/nuclear power;

    este niño es un artista en potencia this child has the makings of an artist
    potenciar ( conjugate potenciar) verbo transitivo (period)
    a) ‹desarrollo/investigación/exportaciones› to boost;

    ‹relaciones/unidad/talento› to foster;
    ‹ cultura› to promote

    potencia sustantivo femenino
    1 power
    2 Pol power
    potencias extranjeras, foreign powers
    ♦ Locuciones: un asesino en potencia, a potential murderer
    potenciar verbo transitivo to promote, strengthen
    ' potencia' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    elevar
    English:
    N
    - output
    - potency
    - power
    - would-be
    - high
    - material
    - potential
    - strength
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    1. [capacidad, fuerza] power;
    la potencia de las aguas derribó el dique the force of the water burst the dyke;
    este automóvil tiene mucha potencia this car is very powerful
    potencia sexual sexual prowess
    2. Fís power
    potencia acústica acoustic power;
    potencia de un cohete rocket thrust;
    potencia de una lente power of a lens
    3. [país] power;
    las grandes potencias the major (world) powers
    potencia mundial world power;
    es una potencia mundial en la fabricación de automóviles it's one of the major o main car manufacturers in the world;
    potencia nuclear nuclear power
    4. [posibilidad]
    en potencia potentially;
    una campeona en potencia a potential champion
    5. Mat power;
    elevar a la segunda potencia to raise to the second power, to square;
    elevar a la tercera potencia to raise to the third power, to cube
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    f power;
    en potencia potential;
    elevar a la décima potencia MAT raise to the power of ten
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    1) : power
    potencias extranjeras: foreign powers
    elevado a la tercera potencia: raised to the third power
    2) : capacity, potency
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    potencia n power

    Spanish-English dictionary > potencia

  • 6 abrirse camino

    v.
    1 to push through, to get somewhere, to make headway, to hack one's way through.
    Ellos se abrieron camino fácilmente They pushed through easily.
    2 to bulldoze through, to burst through.
    La maquinaria se abre camino The machines bulldoze through.
    3 to get one's way paved.
    Se nos abre camino We get our way paved.
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    to make one's way
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    (v.) = plough through, elbow + Posesivo + way into, elbow into, foist + Posesivo + way into, make + Posesivo + way in the world
    Ex. The article has the title ' Plowing through Chicago: SLJ's report on ALA's midwinter meeting '78'.
    Ex. In her view, it is high time for the plays by this versatile and prolific dramatist to begin elbowing their way into the American repertoire.
    Ex. More and more companies are already elbowing into this fledgling but potentially lucrative industry.
    Ex. Moreover, her fatness is an act of defiance; in a world in which women are taught to take up as little space as possible, Lilian learns to foist her way into the public sphere.
    Ex. He had already made his way in the world as a soloist before becoming a stage star.
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    abrirse camino (a empujones)
    (v.) = push + Posesivo + way across/into

    Ex: Now the mobile telephone has pushed its way into our everyday lives in new ways.

    (v.) = plough through, elbow + Posesivo + way into, elbow into, foist + Posesivo + way into, make + Posesivo + way in the world

    Ex: The article has the title ' Plowing through Chicago: SLJ's report on ALA's midwinter meeting '78'.

    Ex: In her view, it is high time for the plays by this versatile and prolific dramatist to begin elbowing their way into the American repertoire.
    Ex: More and more companies are already elbowing into this fledgling but potentially lucrative industry.
    Ex: Moreover, her fatness is an act of defiance; in a world in which women are taught to take up as little space as possible, Lilian learns to foist her way into the public sphere.
    Ex: He had already made his way in the world as a soloist before becoming a stage star.

    Spanish-English dictionary > abrirse camino

  • 7 abrirse paso

    v.
    1 to make way for oneself, to break through, to edge one's way, to force one's way.
    Ella se abre paso con tenacidad She makes way for herself tenaciously.
    2 to get one's way paved.
    Se nos abre paso We get our way paved.
    3 to break forth, to push forward, to break through.
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    to force one's way through
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    (v.) = jostle, break through, elbow + Posesivo + way into, elbow into
    Ex. In the case of flax the Library of Congress does not provide an enumerated division and so books on flax spinning must jostle in alphabetic order with books on other aspects of flax = En el caso del lino la Biblioteca del Congreso no proporciona una división enumerada por lo que los libros sobre el hilado del lino deben competir en la ordenación alfabética con otros libros que tratan sobre diferentes aspectos del lino.
    Ex. Is there a glass ceiling for librarians? If so, what's the best way to break through it?.
    Ex. In her view, it is high time for the plays by this versatile and prolific dramatist to begin elbowing their way into the American repertoire.
    Ex. More and more companies are already elbowing into this fledgling but potentially lucrative industry.
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    (v.) = jostle, break through, elbow + Posesivo + way into, elbow into

    Ex: In the case of flax the Library of Congress does not provide an enumerated division and so books on flax spinning must jostle in alphabetic order with books on other aspects of flax = En el caso del lino la Biblioteca del Congreso no proporciona una división enumerada por lo que los libros sobre el hilado del lino deben competir en la ordenación alfabética con otros libros que tratan sobre diferentes aspectos del lino.

    Ex: Is there a glass ceiling for librarians? If so, what's the best way to break through it?.
    Ex: In her view, it is high time for the plays by this versatile and prolific dramatist to begin elbowing their way into the American repertoire.
    Ex: More and more companies are already elbowing into this fledgling but potentially lucrative industry.

    Spanish-English dictionary > abrirse paso

  • 8 análisis de cocitas de autores

    Ex. Author cocitation analysis is a powerful but potentially fallible tool and the methodology may need refinement.
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    Ex: Author cocitation analysis is a powerful but potentially fallible tool and the methodology may need refinement.

    Spanish-English dictionary > análisis de cocitas de autores

  • 9 apabullante

    adj.
    overwhelming.
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    1 (victoria, éxito) resounding, overwhelming; (persona) overpowering
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    adj.
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    ADJ shattering, crushing, overwhelming
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    adjetivo <victoria/éxito> resounding, overwhelming; <rapidez/habilidad> incredible, extraordinary; < personalidad> overpowering
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    = bewildering, crushing, stunning, overwhelming.
    Ex. The citation of conference proceedings poses unique and potentially bewildering problems.
    Ex. The laconic question weighed upon him with a crushing weight.
    Ex. The trends themselves are not hard to anticipate, although the stunning pace of development is often not fully appreciated.
    Ex. More people are taking the dip into online business and abandoning the huge corporations with overwhelming superiors and unearthly hours.
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    adjetivo <victoria/éxito> resounding, overwhelming; <rapidez/habilidad> incredible, extraordinary; < personalidad> overpowering
    * * *
    = bewildering, crushing, stunning, overwhelming.

    Ex: The citation of conference proceedings poses unique and potentially bewildering problems.

    Ex: The laconic question weighed upon him with a crushing weight.
    Ex: The trends themselves are not hard to anticipate, although the stunning pace of development is often not fully appreciated.
    Ex: More people are taking the dip into online business and abandoning the huge corporations with overwhelming superiors and unearthly hours.

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    1 ‹victoria› resounding ( before n), overwhelming, crushing; ‹éxito› resounding ( before n), overwhelming; ‹rapidez/habilidad› incredible, extraordinary
    2 ‹personalidad› overpowering
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    apabullante adjetivo ‹victoria/éxito› resounding ( before n), overwhelming;
    ‹rapidez/habilidad› incredible, extraordinary;
    ‹ personalidad› overpowering
    apabullante adj fam
    1 (aplastante, arrollador) overwhelming
    2 (personalidad) overpowering
    ' apabullante' also found in these entries:
    English:
    anguish
    - bewildering
    - crushing
    - devastating
    - over
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    [victoria, éxito] overwhelming; [edificio, película] stunning, breathtaking; [rapidez, habilidad] breathtaking, astonishing;
    es de una simpatía apabullante he's extremely friendly
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    adj overwhelming
    * * *
    : overwhelming, crushing

    Spanish-English dictionary > apabullante

  • 10 arma letal

    Ex. Police are more likely to be killed by rational robbers fleeing the scene of a crime, who routinely use potentially lethal weapons as 'tools of the trade'.
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    Ex: Police are more likely to be killed by rational robbers fleeing the scene of a crime, who routinely use potentially lethal weapons as 'tools of the trade'.

    Spanish-English dictionary > arma letal

  • 11 avanzar

    v.
    1 to advance.
    las tropas continúan avanzando the troops are still advancing
    el tráfico no avanzaba the traffic wasn't moving
    Mi chico avanza en la escuela My boy advances in school.
    Ricardo avanzó las ventas Richard advanced=promoted sales.
    2 to make progress.
    está avanzando mucho en sus estudios she's making very good progress with her studies
    esta tecnología avanza a gran velocidad this technology is developing very quickly
    3 to pass (time).
    el tiempo avanza muy deprisa time passes quickly
    a medida que avanza el siglo as the century draws on
    4 to move forward.
    El coche avanza lentamente The car moves forward slowly.
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    1 to advance, go forward
    1 (mover adelante) to advance, move forward
    2 (dinero) to advance
    3 (promover) to promote
    4 (una propuesta) to put forward
    1 (adelantarse) to go forward, advance; (día, noche) to draw in
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    verb
    1) to advance, move forward
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    1. VT
    1) (=mover) to move forward, advance

    avanzó la ficha cuatro casillas — he moved the counter forward four spaces, he advanced the counter four spaces

    2) [+ dinero] to advance
    3) [+ opinión, propuesta] to put forward
    4) [+ resultado] to predict; [+ predicción] to make
    5) Caribe (=vomitar) to vomit
    2. VI
    1) (=ir hacia adelante) to advance, move forward

    no me esperéis, seguid avanzando — don't wait for me, carry on

    2) (=progresar) to make progress
    3) [noche, invierno] to draw on, approach
    3.
    See:
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    1.
    verbo intransitivo
    a) persona/tráfico to advance, move forward

    avanzar hacia la democracia — to move o advance toward(s) democracy

    b) ciencia/medicina to advance
    c) cinta/rollo to wind on
    d) persona (en los estudios, el trabajo) to make progress; negociaciones/proyecto to progress
    e) tiempo to draw on
    2.
    a) ( adelantarse) to move forward, advance
    b) ( mover) to move... forward, advance

    avanzó un peón — he moved o pushed a pawn forward

    c) < propuesta> to put forward
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    = gain + ground, get + far, go forward, make + gains, make + progress, move ahead, move on, move onwardly, move up, page (through), progress, advance, proceed, press on, come along, fast-forward, take + a step forward, get + ahead, move forward, make + step, take + strides, make + advances, develop, move along, get + unstuck, press forward (with), move + forward, go forth, make + headway.
    Ex. Standardisation of formats is less developed; however UNIMARC is gaining ground as a national exchange format, whilst USMARC is also used by university and public libraries.
    Ex. If scientific reasoning were limited to the logical processes of arithmetic, we should not get far in our understanding of the physical world.
    Ex. Thus, if you want to reply yes, enter a 'y'; if you want to go forward, enter 'f'.
    Ex. Expenditures in public libraries in the USA rose sharply in 1988 while use continued to make modest gains, with the greatest increase in juvenile loans.
    Ex. We could then simply alter our expectations accordingly, and exult in the progress we have made.
    Ex. It is impatient with Juctionville for its failure to move ahead as fast as it would like and is bothered by the city's drabness and general lack of class and culture.
    Ex. Rather readers grow by fits and starts now rushing ahead, now lying fallow, and now moving steadily on.
    Ex. In its simplest statement, the prime goal of any act of education is that it should serve us in the future... takes us somewhere... let us move onwardly more easily.
    Ex. Now we move up the chain providing index entries for each of the potentially sought terms.
    Ex. The system displays the records in brief format and the user can 'page' through the matches until the required record is found.
    Ex. It is normally taken to indicate that the document has been revised, if a work has progressed to a second or subsequent edition.
    Ex. All this is not to be impulsively regretted since specialized studies can advance in no other way, but synthesis becomes increasingly important and dishearteningly more difficult.
    Ex. Before we proceed to look at the operators in detail, a couple of examples may help to make the layout clearer.
    Ex. Hoping the gentler tone and the more relaxed manner meant that her anger was abating, the young man pressed on less apprehensively.
    Ex. However, we have not heard the final word by any means for there are new products and improved examples of existing products coming along.
    Ex. Modern machines have an automatic facility for fast-forward and rewind as well as a manual control for slower, more precise location of the required information on the microfilm.
    Ex. LCSH has taken a further step forward with the use of computer-controlled typesetting.
    Ex. Low-income urban families simply do not have any use for the traditional library or indeed any motivation for self-improvement and getting ahead = Las familias urbanas con ingresos bajos simplemente no tienen la necesidad de usar la biblioteca tradicional o de hecho no sienten motivación para la superación personal y para avanzar.
    Ex. This article argues the need to move forward with the infotech culture without abandoning the service culture.
    Ex. Schucking noted that early step when a child's 'imagination awakes, without corresponding development of the critical faculty,' a step most children make before they reach school age = Schucking se percató de ese primer paso en el niño cuando "se despierta su imaginación sin el correspondiente desarrollo de la capacidad crítica", un paso que dan la mayoría de los niños antes de alcanzar la edad escolar.
    Ex. In the half century since the publication of McKerrow's Introduction bibliography has taken giant strides in many directions.
    Ex. The author maintains that, aside from increasing computational speed, and thus real-time control, musically no advances have been made.
    Ex. The economics journal system has not grown and developed in a structured fashion, which has resulted in overspill into report literature.
    Ex. As university libraries move along this continuum they will become evolutionary, non-hierarchical, entrepreneurial and horizontal.
    Ex. In addition, students can use the glossary to get 'unstuck' while learning.
    Ex. The company is pressing forward with the construction of an environment and a system that permit all employees to demonstrate their full capabilities.
    Ex. Kuwait is not going backwards, but definitely not moving forward.
    Ex. Finally six men agreed to go forth in their underclothes and nooses around their necks in hopeful expectation that their sacrifice would satisfy the king's bloodlust and he would spare the rest of the citizens.
    Ex. Governments are making headway in negotiations aimed at reaching an ambitious and effective global greenhouse gas reduction treaty.
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    * a medida que + avanzar + el año = as the year + wear on.
    * a medida que + avanzar + el día = as the day + wear on.
    * avanzar a duras penas = flounder, grind on.
    * avanzar a toda máquina = steam ahead, go + full steam ahead.
    * avanzar a toda mecha = go + full steam ahead.
    * avanzar a toda pastilla = steam ahead, go + full steam ahead.
    * avanzar a todo gas = steam ahead, go + full steam ahead.
    * avanzar a todo meter = go + full steam ahead.
    * avanzar a todo vapor = steam ahead, go + full steam ahead.
    * avanzar a trancas y barrancas = flounder, grind on.
    * avanzar a un ritmo vertiginoso = proceed + at a blistering pace.
    * avanzar con dificultad = wade through, limp, slog along, plod (along/through).
    * avanzar con gran dificultad = grind on.
    * avanzar en + Posesivo + trabajo = advance + Posesivo + work, advance + Posesivo + work.
    * avanzar en una carrera profesional = further + a career.
    * avanzar fácilmente = coast.
    * avanzar gradualmente (hacia) = edge (toward(s)).
    * avanzar hacia = move into, move toward(s).
    * avanzar hacia abajo = work + Posesivo + way down.
    * avanzar lentamente = creep, creep along.
    * avanzar lenta y pesadamente = trundle.
    * avanzar mucho = travel + a long way down the road.
    * avanzar muy despacio = creep, creep along.
    * avanzar poco a poco = shuffle along.
    * avanzar poco a poco (hacia) = edge (toward(s)).
    * avanzar profesionalmente dentro de la institución = rise through + the ranks.
    * avanzar rápidamente = gallop.
    * avanzar viento en popa = steam ahead.
    * conforme + avanzar + el año = as the year + wear on.
    * conforme + avanzar + el día = as the day + wear on.
    * dar vueltas sin avanzar = go round in + circles.
    * hacer avanzar = nudge + Nombre + forward, push + the frontiers of, nudge + Nombre + along, nudge + Nombre + into, push + the boundaries of.
    * hacer avanzar el conocimiento = push back + the frontiers of knowledge.
    * hacer avanzar hacia = nudge + Nombre + toward.
    * hacer que + Nombre + avance = take + Nombre + a/one step forward.
    * no avanzar = tread + water.
    * no avanzar más = go + no further.
    * que avanza lentamente = crawling.
    * que avanza rápidamente = fast-developing.
    * seguir avanzando = forge + ahead, forge + forward.
    * tiempo + avanzar inexorablemente = time + march on.
    * * *
    1.
    verbo intransitivo
    a) persona/tráfico to advance, move forward

    avanzar hacia la democracia — to move o advance toward(s) democracy

    b) ciencia/medicina to advance
    c) cinta/rollo to wind on
    d) persona (en los estudios, el trabajo) to make progress; negociaciones/proyecto to progress
    e) tiempo to draw on
    2.
    a) ( adelantarse) to move forward, advance
    b) ( mover) to move... forward, advance

    avanzó un peón — he moved o pushed a pawn forward

    c) < propuesta> to put forward
    * * *
    = gain + ground, get + far, go forward, make + gains, make + progress, move ahead, move on, move onwardly, move up, page (through), progress, advance, proceed, press on, come along, fast-forward, take + a step forward, get + ahead, move forward, make + step, take + strides, make + advances, develop, move along, get + unstuck, press forward (with), move + forward, go forth, make + headway.

    Ex: Standardisation of formats is less developed; however UNIMARC is gaining ground as a national exchange format, whilst USMARC is also used by university and public libraries.

    Ex: If scientific reasoning were limited to the logical processes of arithmetic, we should not get far in our understanding of the physical world.
    Ex: Thus, if you want to reply yes, enter a 'y'; if you want to go forward, enter 'f'.
    Ex: Expenditures in public libraries in the USA rose sharply in 1988 while use continued to make modest gains, with the greatest increase in juvenile loans.
    Ex: We could then simply alter our expectations accordingly, and exult in the progress we have made.
    Ex: It is impatient with Juctionville for its failure to move ahead as fast as it would like and is bothered by the city's drabness and general lack of class and culture.
    Ex: Rather readers grow by fits and starts now rushing ahead, now lying fallow, and now moving steadily on.
    Ex: In its simplest statement, the prime goal of any act of education is that it should serve us in the future... takes us somewhere... let us move onwardly more easily.
    Ex: Now we move up the chain providing index entries for each of the potentially sought terms.
    Ex: The system displays the records in brief format and the user can 'page' through the matches until the required record is found.
    Ex: It is normally taken to indicate that the document has been revised, if a work has progressed to a second or subsequent edition.
    Ex: All this is not to be impulsively regretted since specialized studies can advance in no other way, but synthesis becomes increasingly important and dishearteningly more difficult.
    Ex: Before we proceed to look at the operators in detail, a couple of examples may help to make the layout clearer.
    Ex: Hoping the gentler tone and the more relaxed manner meant that her anger was abating, the young man pressed on less apprehensively.
    Ex: However, we have not heard the final word by any means for there are new products and improved examples of existing products coming along.
    Ex: Modern machines have an automatic facility for fast-forward and rewind as well as a manual control for slower, more precise location of the required information on the microfilm.
    Ex: LCSH has taken a further step forward with the use of computer-controlled typesetting.
    Ex: Low-income urban families simply do not have any use for the traditional library or indeed any motivation for self-improvement and getting ahead = Las familias urbanas con ingresos bajos simplemente no tienen la necesidad de usar la biblioteca tradicional o de hecho no sienten motivación para la superación personal y para avanzar.
    Ex: This article argues the need to move forward with the infotech culture without abandoning the service culture.
    Ex: Schucking noted that early step when a child's 'imagination awakes, without corresponding development of the critical faculty,' a step most children make before they reach school age = Schucking se percató de ese primer paso en el niño cuando "se despierta su imaginación sin el correspondiente desarrollo de la capacidad crítica", un paso que dan la mayoría de los niños antes de alcanzar la edad escolar.
    Ex: In the half century since the publication of McKerrow's Introduction bibliography has taken giant strides in many directions.
    Ex: The author maintains that, aside from increasing computational speed, and thus real-time control, musically no advances have been made.
    Ex: The economics journal system has not grown and developed in a structured fashion, which has resulted in overspill into report literature.
    Ex: As university libraries move along this continuum they will become evolutionary, non-hierarchical, entrepreneurial and horizontal.
    Ex: In addition, students can use the glossary to get 'unstuck' while learning.
    Ex: The company is pressing forward with the construction of an environment and a system that permit all employees to demonstrate their full capabilities.
    Ex: Kuwait is not going backwards, but definitely not moving forward.
    Ex: Finally six men agreed to go forth in their underclothes and nooses around their necks in hopeful expectation that their sacrifice would satisfy the king's bloodlust and he would spare the rest of the citizens.
    Ex: Governments are making headway in negotiations aimed at reaching an ambitious and effective global greenhouse gas reduction treaty.
    * a medida que + avanzar + el año = as the year + wear on.
    * a medida que + avanzar + el día = as the day + wear on.
    * avanzar a duras penas = flounder, grind on.
    * avanzar a toda máquina = steam ahead, go + full steam ahead.
    * avanzar a toda mecha = go + full steam ahead.
    * avanzar a toda pastilla = steam ahead, go + full steam ahead.
    * avanzar a todo gas = steam ahead, go + full steam ahead.
    * avanzar a todo meter = go + full steam ahead.
    * avanzar a todo vapor = steam ahead, go + full steam ahead.
    * avanzar a trancas y barrancas = flounder, grind on.
    * avanzar a un ritmo vertiginoso = proceed + at a blistering pace.
    * avanzar con dificultad = wade through, limp, slog along, plod (along/through).
    * avanzar con gran dificultad = grind on.
    * avanzar en + Posesivo + trabajo = advance + Posesivo + work, advance + Posesivo + work.
    * avanzar en una carrera profesional = further + a career.
    * avanzar fácilmente = coast.
    * avanzar gradualmente (hacia) = edge (toward(s)).
    * avanzar hacia = move into, move toward(s).
    * avanzar hacia abajo = work + Posesivo + way down.
    * avanzar lentamente = creep, creep along.
    * avanzar lenta y pesadamente = trundle.
    * avanzar mucho = travel + a long way down the road.
    * avanzar muy despacio = creep, creep along.
    * avanzar poco a poco = shuffle along.
    * avanzar poco a poco (hacia) = edge (toward(s)).
    * avanzar profesionalmente dentro de la institución = rise through + the ranks.
    * avanzar rápidamente = gallop.
    * avanzar viento en popa = steam ahead.
    * conforme + avanzar + el año = as the year + wear on.
    * conforme + avanzar + el día = as the day + wear on.
    * dar vueltas sin avanzar = go round in + circles.
    * hacer avanzar = nudge + Nombre + forward, push + the frontiers of, nudge + Nombre + along, nudge + Nombre + into, push + the boundaries of.
    * hacer avanzar el conocimiento = push back + the frontiers of knowledge.
    * hacer avanzar hacia = nudge + Nombre + toward.
    * hacer que + Nombre + avance = take + Nombre + a/one step forward.
    * no avanzar = tread + water.
    * no avanzar más = go + no further.
    * que avanza lentamente = crawling.
    * que avanza rápidamente = fast-developing.
    * seguir avanzando = forge + ahead, forge + forward.
    * tiempo + avanzar inexorablemente = time + march on.

    * * *
    avanzar [A4 ]
    vi
    1 «tropas/persona/tráfico» to advance, move forward avanzar HACIA algo:
    las tropas avanzan hacia la capital the troops are advancing on the capital
    el país avanza hacia la democracia the country is moving o advancing toward(s) democracy
    2 ( Fot) «rollo» to wind on
    3 «persona» (en los estudios, el trabajo) to make progress; «negociaciones/proyecto» to progress
    no estoy avanzando mucho con este trabajo I'm not making much progress o headway o I'm not getting very far with this work
    4 «tiempo» to draw on
    ■ avanzar
    vt
    1 (adelantarse) to move forward, advance
    avanzaron unos pasos they moved forward o advanced a few steps, they took a few steps forward
    2 (mover) to move … forward, advance
    avanzó un peón he moved o pushed a pawn forward, he advanced a pawn
    3 ‹propuesta› to put forward
    * * *

     

    avanzar ( conjugate avanzar) verbo intransitivo
    a) [persona/tráfico] to advance, move forward

    b) [ciencia/medicina] to advance

    c) [cinta/rollo] to wind on

    d) [ persona] (en los estudios, el trabajo) to make progress;

    [negociaciones/proyecto] to progress

    verbo transitivo

    b) ( mover) to move … forward, advance

    avanzar verbo transitivo to advance, make progress
    ' avanzar' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    sacudida
    - salto
    - tantear
    - adelantar
    English:
    advance
    - come forward
    - crawl
    - edge
    - freewheel
    - go forward
    - headway
    - move
    - move along
    - pace
    - proceed
    - progress
    - struggle along
    - struggle on
    - surge
    - wind
    - fast
    - head
    - hover
    - inch
    - lumber
    - scroll
    - somewhere
    * * *
    ♦ vi
    1. [moverse] to advance;
    las tropas continúan avanzando the troops are still advancing;
    el tráfico no avanzaba the traffic wasn't moving
    2. [progresar] to make progress;
    está avanzando mucho en sus estudios she's making very good progress with her studies;
    esta tecnología avanza a gran velocidad this technology is developing very quickly
    3. [tiempo] to pass;
    el tiempo avanza muy deprisa time passes very quickly;
    a medida que avanza el siglo as the century draws on
    4. [carrete] to wind on
    ♦ vt
    1. [adelantar] to move forward;
    las tropas avanzaron sus posiciones the troops advanced their position;
    avanzaron varias posiciones en la clasificación de liga they moved up several places in the league
    2. [noticias]
    avanzar algo a alguien to inform sb of sth in advance;
    les avanzó los resultados del estudio she informed them of the results of the study before it was published
    3. [carrete] to wind on
    * * *
    I v/t
    1 move forward, advance;
    avanzar un pie take a step forward
    2 dinero advance
    II v/i
    1 advance, move forward; MIL advance ( hacia on)
    2 en trabajo make progress
    * * *
    avanzar {21} v
    : to advance, to move forward
    * * *
    1. (progresar) to make progress / to get on
    2. (ir hacia delante) to advance / to move forward

    Spanish-English dictionary > avanzar

  • 12 bacteria del ácido láctico

    Ex. Wines infected with either lactic acid bacteria can potentially produce mousy off-flavor.
    * * *

    Ex: Wines infected with either lactic acid bacteria can potentially produce mousy off-flavor.

    Spanish-English dictionary > bacteria del ácido láctico

  • 13 bromuro de metilo

    Ex. Methyl bromide has been phased-out in industrialized countries because of international regulatory measures designed to reduce substances that potentially deplete the stratospheric ozone layer.
    * * *

    Ex: Methyl bromide has been phased-out in industrialized countries because of international regulatory measures designed to reduce substances that potentially deplete the stratospheric ozone layer.

    Spanish-English dictionary > bromuro de metilo

  • 14 búsqueda de secuencias de caracteres

    = string search, string searching
    Ex. For example, to pursue our simple example above, if Greenhouses is not a term in our controlled language, then we might search under Glasshouses instead and then perform a string search on the term 'Greenhouses' to discover whether this term appeared in the text of any of the documents retrieved by the original search.
    Ex. Often, controlled index terms are used in identifying a relatively large set of potentially relevant references, and then string searching (or natural language searching) will be used to identify specific documents from within that set.
    * * *
    = string search, string searching

    Ex: For example, to pursue our simple example above, if Greenhouses is not a term in our controlled language, then we might search under Glasshouses instead and then perform a string search on the term 'Greenhouses' to discover whether this term appeared in the text of any of the documents retrieved by the original search.

    Ex: Often, controlled index terms are used in identifying a relatively large set of potentially relevant references, and then string searching (or natural language searching) will be used to identify specific documents from within that set.

    Spanish-English dictionary > búsqueda de secuencias de caracteres

  • 15 calentarse demasiado

    (v.) = overheat
    Ex. The government has launched an investigation into cell phone batteries that can overheat or even explode, potentially injuring phone users.
    * * *
    (v.) = overheat

    Ex: The government has launched an investigation into cell phone batteries that can overheat or even explode, potentially injuring phone users.

    Spanish-English dictionary > calentarse demasiado

  • 16 calentarse excesivamente

    (v.) = overheat
    Ex. The government has launched an investigation into cell phone batteries that can overheat or even explode, potentially injuring phone users.
    * * *
    (v.) = overheat

    Ex: The government has launched an investigation into cell phone batteries that can overheat or even explode, potentially injuring phone users.

    Spanish-English dictionary > calentarse excesivamente

  • 17 catástrofe + ocurrir

    (n.) = disaster + strike
    Ex. Because any library is susceptible to a variety of potentially serious disasters, it is unreasonable to wait until disaster strikes.
    * * *
    (n.) = disaster + strike

    Ex: Because any library is susceptible to a variety of potentially serious disasters, it is unreasonable to wait until disaster strikes.

    Spanish-English dictionary > catástrofe + ocurrir

  • 18 catástrofe + producirse

    (n.) = disaster + strike
    Ex. Because any library is susceptible to a variety of potentially serious disasters, it is unreasonable to wait until disaster strikes.
    * * *
    (n.) = disaster + strike

    Ex: Because any library is susceptible to a variety of potentially serious disasters, it is unreasonable to wait until disaster strikes.

    Spanish-English dictionary > catástrofe + producirse

  • 19 celda de combustible

    (n.) = fuel cell
    Ex. Scientists have identified a new technique for cleansing contaminated water and potentially purifying hydrogen for use in fuel cells.
    * * *
    (n.) = fuel cell

    Ex: Scientists have identified a new technique for cleansing contaminated water and potentially purifying hydrogen for use in fuel cells.

    Spanish-English dictionary > celda de combustible

  • 20 citado más arriba

    Ex. Thus, potentially the scope of a catalogue code is wide, but in practice most codes are restricted to 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 and 8 above.
    * * *

    Ex: Thus, potentially the scope of a catalogue code is wide, but in practice most codes are restricted to 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 and 8 above.

    Spanish-English dictionary > citado más arriba

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